Dangerous Crossing (1937 film)

Dangerous Crossing
Directed by Robert A. Stemmle
Produced by Hans Herbert Ulrich
Robert Wüllner
Written by Rolf E. Vanloo (novel)
Robert A. Stemmle
Starring Gustav Fröhlich
Heli Finkenzeller
Paul Hoffmann
Music by Hans-Otto Borgmann
Cinematography Karl Puth
Edited by Roger von Norman
Production
company
Distributed by UFA
Release date
 27 January 1937
Running time
 80 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

Dangerous Crossing or Rail Triangle (German: Gleisdreieck) is a 1937 German crime film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Heli Finkenzeller and Paul Hoffmann.[1] It is set amongst railway workers and takes its name from Gleisdreieck on the Berlin U-Bahn.[2]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski. It was shot on location around Berlin.

Synopsis

A young railway worker rescues a woman from committing suicide and swiftly falls in love with her. However before long he is drawn into the criminal schemes of her brother, recently released from prison.

Cast

  • Gustav Fröhlich as Hans Scheffler - U-Bahn-Beamter
  • Heli Finkenzeller as Gerda Volkmann
  • Paul Hoffmann as Max - ihr Bruder
  • Otto Wernicke as Scheffler - Aufsichtsbeamter
  • Toni von Bukovics as Frau Scheffler
  • Fritz Genschow as Fritz Buchholz - U-Bahn-Beamter
  • Hilde Sessak as Lotte Krüger - Zigarettenverkäuferin
  • Albert Hörrmann as Ganove Hobby
  • Eduard Wenck as Gehrke
  • Oscar Sabo as Taxichauffeur
  • Werner Pledath as Kriminalkommissar König
  • Ludwig Andersen as Geldvermittler
  • Charly Berger as 2. Reinigungskraft in der U-Bahn
  • Helga Böttger as Gretchen
  • Ellinor Büller as Chefin des Modesalons
  • Harry Elnain as Freund von Max
  • Rudolf Essek as Geschäftsführer des Modesalons
  • Werner Finck
  • Adolf Fischer as 1. Reinigungskraft in der U-Bahn
  • Walter Gross as Besitzer des Möbelgeschäftes
  • Erich Gühne as U-Bahn-Schaffner
  • Knut Hartwig as 2. Kriminalkommissar
  • Hans Henninger as U-Bahner
  • Alfred Karen as Kinokartenkäufer
  • Erich Kasch as 1. Kriminalbeamter
  • Kurt Keller-Nebri as Kriminalbeamter im U-Bahn-Schacht
  • Fritz Klaudius as 1. U-Bahn-Schaffner in der Generalversammlung
  • Arthur Kühn as 2. U-Bahn-Schaffner in der Generalversammlung
  • Walter Lieck as Beamter im Meldeamt
  • Edith Meinhard as Fahrkartenverkäuferin
  • Rio Nobile as 2. Kriminalbeamter
  • Arthur Reinhardt as Kellner im Restaurant
  • Marie Sera as Zimmervermieterin
  • Lotte Spira
  • Wolfgang Staudte as 3.U-Bahn-Schaffner bei der Generalversammlung
  • Alfred Stein as Gast im Restaurant
  • Olly van Dyck as Gerdas Freundin im Modesalon
  • Betty Waid as Fahrgast in der U-Bahn
  • Alfred Walter as 3. Kriminalbeamter

References

  1. ↑ Bock & Bergfelder p.461
  2. ↑ Heins p.20

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Heins, Laura. Nazi Film Melodrama. University of Illinois Press, 2013.
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